Re: [PATCH 08/13] char: Add mux option to ChardevOptions

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 13/11/20 14:20, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> >         -object chardev-stdio,id=stdio
> >         -object chardev-mux-controller,id=mux,backend=stdio
> >         -object chardev-mux,id=serial-chardev,controller=mux
> >         -object chardev-mux,id=mon-chardev,controller=mux
> >         -serial chardev:serial-chardev
> >         -monitor chardev:mon-chardev
> I don't think these "mux" chardevs plugged to a "mux-controller"
> actually exist, at least today. You can directly plug serial and monitor
> to a mux chardev that sits on top of stdio.

Yes, you're right.  There's 2 CharBackends plugged into a single mux 
Chardev.

> This is basically what I meant when I said your QOM conversion and my
> QAPIfication work aren't conflicting (conceptually), but addressing
> separate problems.

Fair enough, I think I understand what you mean now.  And I can't really 
argue with the diffstat and the usage of aliases to clean up dash vs. 
underscores.

Paolo